Driver tries to whisk away copper wires from HAL Engine Division

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In April 2018, a driver and his helper were caught stealing 40.5 kg aluminium from the HAL Aircraft centre.

In July 2018, 1,050 kg of nickel and titanium were stolen by a group of persons from Sky Enterprises who had taken a contract of scrap from HAL.

In yet another incident of security breach at HAL, a tractor driver, who was hired to remove debris from HAL premises, was caught with more than 9 kg of copper wires from HAL’s engine division. Security personnel caught the driver with the brand new copper wire during his last trip of the day.

On January 3, the security staff deployed at the entrance of the gate checked a tractor carrying debris from the HAL premises on suspicion, and found new copper wires had been filled in along with the debris. The incident poses a question-mark on how the tractor driver gained entry into the Engine Division.

P Anandan, 44, a resident of Yamalapur, a security inspector at HAL, checked the tractor around 3.45 pm at the entrance of the Engine Division gate on Suranjan Das Road. Anandan told the police he suspected something fishy on looking at the driver, so he stopped the tractor. When the copper wire was taken out of the tractor, they questioned the driver Channalingappa K, 33, who told them he had stolen the wire from the Engine Division premises.

There were four copper wire bundles weighing around 9.7 kg. Channalingappa claimed that it was the first time he had stolen the wire from there.
An investigating officer from HAL police station said, “The HAL security staff caught Channalingappa and handed him over to us. When we subjected him for interrogation he said it was his first theft. He is originally from Andhra Pradesh and has been staying in the city for many years. Channalingappa was hired by the person HAL had given contract for clearing the debris from the premises.”

He said after this incident, they have intensified patrolling in and around HAL. “We have put a point book in different places, out patrolling staff will visit in day and night time to prevent such incidents,” the officer added.

Gopal Sutar, spokesperson, HAL said, “The HAL security had found some copper cables—four pieces of around 10 kg valued at around Rs 6,000 in a tractor being used to transport garbage and driven by a contracted employee at the engine division. The matter has been reported to the police.”

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